Striking-comb for slashers.



PATE NTED SEPT. 17, 1907.

H. B. BBOKMAN. 'STRIKING 00MB FOR SLASHBRS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1905.

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HORATIO B. BECKMAN, OF NEWBURGH, NEW YORK.

STRIKING-GOMB FOR SLASHERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 17, 1907.

Application filed June 9, 1905. Serial No. 264,423-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORATIO B. BECKMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newburgh, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Striking-Comb for Slashers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. I

In transferring yarn from the beams to the slasher, it is necessary to separate the threads from each other and guide them for a certain time so that they may be carried through the slasher along parallel lines, and to prevent them from crossing each other. It is the common practice to use a comb which extends from one side of the slasher to the other and at least as long as the cloth to be woven is Wide. This comb is supported at the two sides of the slasher by employees, and on account of its length and position can not be manipulated by a single person. It is obvious, therefore, that the employment of this comb requires the presence of two people at all times when it is to be used.

It is the principal object of my invention to do away with one-half the labor required to manipulatecombs for this purpose. This object I attain by mounting a striking comb for dividing the yarn into an equal number of: threads in the form of tape upon the frame of the slasher in such a manner that it can be manipulated from one end and by one person very easily, and without any accurate work on the part of the employee.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a slasher showing my invention; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view of the same, on an enlarged scale; and Fig. 3 is a plan with parts broken away to show a comb.

As the yarn passes from a beam at to a guide-roll b upon the slasher frame 0, the threads sometimes have a tendency to run together or cross, and it is on a line between the beam and guide-roller that the comb is usually applied. I provide the frame with a pair of bearings cl upon the sides thereof and in these bearings I mount a comb e. This comb may be of the usual construction, but I prefer to make it of a tubular form, the ends of the tube operating in the bearings. The comb is as usual provided with teeth e, and these may be formed of short pieces of wire inserted entirely through -the tube so as to be firmly held in position. The length of the tube which forms the main part of the comb is greater than the distance between the inner ends of the bearings, so that the comb can be reciprocated therein. The comb is provided with means upon either end, preferably for manipulating it, the means illustrated in the drawings comprising heads f which can be easily turned and otherwise moved by the fingers.

In use the comb is normally supported in the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, but when it is desired to use it the operator at one end turns it into the position shown in full lines and at the same time he preferably reciprocates it slightly so as to widen the space between the threads. After the thread has been properly separated, and if it continues to come from the beam in a uniform manner, the comb can be turned back to the position shown in dotted lines.

Aside from the advantage which occurs from the fact that only one employee is required to manipulate my comb, it will be readily seen that no skill is required on the part of the operator in adjusting the comb to the threads and placing it in proper position to perform the necessary work. The bearings efiectually guide it, and all that is necessary is to turn it to the proper angle and give a slight reciprocating motion.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

The combination of a beam, a slasher having a size box and a yarn guide roll at the end for receiving the yarn from the said beam and guiding it to the said size box, the said beam and the said guide roll being arranged one relative to the other so that the yarn passes approximately vertically from the beam to the guide roll, and a striking comb on the slasher and mounted to turn and to reciprocate axially, the striking combbeing located intermediate the said beam and the said guide roll, and the teeth of the said striking comb standing approximately vertically out of engagement with the yarn at the time the comb is in an inactive position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, I'IORATIO B. BE CKMAN.

Witnesses:

.TNo. M. Ri'r'rnn, ALBERTJD. FAY. 

